Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crumb

3 senses of crumb

Sense 1
crumb -- (a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report")
       => small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Sense 2
rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git -- (a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'")
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 3
crumb -- (small piece of e.g. bread or cake)
       => morsel, bit, bite -- (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crumb

3 senses of crumb

Sense 1
crumb -- (coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet")
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 2
crumb -- (break into crumbs)
       => break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise -- (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented")

Sense 3
crumb -- (remove crumbs from; "crumb the table")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")